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15/04/2016

Orbán proposes package to protect EU borders

Lisbon, April 15 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has presented a ten-point proposal to protect the external borders of the European Union while maintaining free […]

15/04/2016

15/04/2016

Government weekly briefing about farmland, Sunday shopping and migrant quota

Budapest (MTI) – The government will organise the third round of auctions for the sale of state-owned farmland from May, Lázár said on Thursday, adding that […]

15/04/2016

15/04/2016

Hungary’s government sees referendum on migrants as important as NATO, EU referenda

Budapest (MTI) – The government regards its proposal for a referendum on illegal migration as important as the one on Hungary’s NATO and European Union accessions, […]

15/04/2016

13/04/2016

Hungary should reject migrant quotas through constitutional amendment, says Vona

Budapest, April 12 (MTI) – The Jobbik party has proposed that parliament should reject mandatory migrant quotas by amending the constitution instead of holding a referendum. […]

13/04/2016

09/04/2016

Hungary’s justice minister visits his Polish counterpartner

Krakow (MTI) – The permanent refugee relocation mechanism proposed recently by the EU could only be implemented after amending the EU treaties currently in place, Justice […]

09/04/2016

08/04/2016

Radio interview with Prime Minister Orbán

Budapest, April 8 (MTI) – The European Commission’s latest migrant quota plan is an open attack on national sovereignty which must be blocked, Prime Minister Viktor […]

08/04/2016

07/04/2016

Government weekly briefing about sunday shopping, migrant qouta and civil servants

Budapest, April 7 (MTI) – In light of the European Commission’s recent package of proposals on reforming the EU’s refugee laws, the national referendum initiated in […]

07/04/2016

25/03/2016

Hungary committed to EU quotas lawsuit

Budapest, March 25 (MTI) – Hungary is committed to carrying through its lawsuit challenging EU mandatory migrant quotas, a government official said on Friday. The deadline […]

25/03/2016

12/03/2016

Mayors support government’s anti-quota stance

Budapest, March 12 (MTI) – Hungarian mayors adopted a political statement in which they condemn the European Union’s plans for introduction mandatory migrant quotas, at a […]

12/03/2016

03/03/2016

Regular government press conference about Paks project, immigration and quotas – Update

Budapest, March 3 (MTI) – The government has reached an agreement with Brussels on the transparency of the Paks nuclear plant upgrade and a bill on […]

03/03/2016

03/03/2016

Migrant quota referendum criticism ‘outrageous’, says foreign ministry

Budapest, March 3 (MTI) – The foreign ministry on Thursday said it was “outrageous” and “unacceptable” that certain European leaders have criticised the Hungarian government for […]

03/03/2016

03/03/2016

Együtt starts signature drive against EU quota referendum

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition Együtt party has started a signature drive in protest of the government taking the EU’s migrant quota plans to a public […]

03/03/2016

02/03/2016

Fidesz hails Election Office approval of quota referendum

Budapest (MTI) – The parliamentary group of ruling Fidesz has welcomed the National Election Office’s decision to green-light a government sponsored referendum seeking a popular rejection […]

02/03/2016

29/02/2016

Election Committee approves government’s quota referendum

Budapest, February 29 (MTI) – The National Election Committee (NVB) on Monday gave the green light to a government-proposed referendum question aimed at thwarting the European […]

29/02/2016

29/02/2016

Hungarian diplomats annual meeting in Budapest – UPDATE

Budapest, February 29 (MTI) – Hungary must strive for good relations with Austria and find lasting forms of cooperation, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Hungarian diplomats […]

29/02/2016

29/02/2016

Merkel rejects Hungarian government’s referendum initiative on migrant quota

Berlin, February 29 (MTI) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said late on Sunday that she rejected the Hungarian government’s referendum initiative on the European Union migrant […]

29/02/2016

27/02/2016

Over 80 pc of Hungarians against migrant quotas

Budapest (MTI) – Fully 84 percent of Hungarians would reject the EU’s mandatory migrant quotas in a referendum while 10 percent would approve the scheme, a […]

27/02/2016